Husking-pin



(No Model.)

J. R. SATTERTHWAII'E;

HUSKING PIN.

No. 444,857. Patented Jan. 20, 1891,

wdnesis'Qa' IMP/r660 a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. SATTERTHWAITE, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

HUSKINGA-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,857, dated January20, 1891. Application filed May 6, 1890. Serial No. 350.828- (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. SATTER- THWAITE, a ci izen of the UnitedStates, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of NewJersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in theConstruction of Husking-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bushing-pins to which adjustablefinger-receptacles are attached; and the objects of my improvement are,first, to provide a fingerreceptacle that may be suited to fingers ofdifferent sizes without change or alteration other than the slipping ofa strap through a loop, and, second, to provide a simple, easy, andeffective means of adjusting the fingerreceptacle to a size suited tothe use of gloves or of other protection to the fingers of the husker. Iattain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedhusking-pin, and Fig. 2 is a side View of the same'in section.

Similar letters refer to the same or similar parts in both figures.

A represents a strap, of leather or similar material, riveted to the pinat the points 6 and f, Fig. 2, extended toward the hook or point of thepin, and then backward through the loop 0, and thence through and into abuckle D or similar device, which buckle is secured by the strap 13,riveted to the pin at the point g, Fig. 2, the loop 0 moving freely, asdesired, backward or forward over the strap A, and the strap Alengthened or shortened, as required, by means of the buckle D, formingthe finger-receptacles w and y.

By turning the strap A back upon itself and through the loop 0, formedof part of the same strap, I secure a receptacle for the fingers, whichis easily and perfectly adjustable to the different sizes of unprotectedfingers within the usual limits by simply sliding the loop forward orbackward, and thus provide a ready and simple means of adjusting therelative size of the two finger-receptacles wand 3 without altering thelength of the strap A.

By means of the buckle D the strap A is securely held in place, and areceptacle is thus obtained for the remaining fingers, which can beeasily enlarged or contracted, as the user may desire.

Should the husker wear gloves, thus greatly increasing the size of hishand for working purposes, the strap A can be lengthened at the buckleD, and being slipped through the loop G the same proportions areretained, thus accomplishing a useful purpose in huskingpins.

By making the strap B fixed and using the strap A alone for adjustingthe size of the finger-receptacles and making use of the loop 0, Isecure absolute adj ustabilit-y, a result impossible to obtain where theadjustment is from one hole in a strap to another hole in the same.

In my improved method the sliding loop permits adjustment for sizesbetween the sizes that might require the use of difierent holes in thestrap. Furthermore, by dispensing with the necessity of changing bothstraps I have greatly simplified the operation of adj ustment.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure Letters Patent for- Thecombination, with the huskingpin, of the straps A and B, riveted to thepin, the strap A passing freely through the loop 0 formed in thesamestrap and adj ustably connected with the strap 13 by means of thebuckle D or similar device, forming the adjustable finger-receptacles wand y, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

J OHN R. SAITERTHIVAI'JE.

Witnesses:

G. W. SoILLEY, LINTON SATTERTHIVAITE.

